-producing country such as the U.S. is associated with a 0.15% lower level of productivity. Second, technological knowledge has become … more global over the sample period. As a determinant of productivity, foreign R&D has significantly gained in importance …

countries matters for productivity, because a country that imports primarily from technological leaders receives more technology … trade patterns in determining technology flows that affect productivity by using industry level data for machinery goods … imports and productivity in eight OECD countries between 1970-91. First evidence that these countries benefit more from …

Economists emphasize two channels through which import liberalization affects productivity, one operating between and … to 2002. First, in the long run, import liberalization lowers productivity in domestic industries through selection. This …, liberalization also generates technological learning that can on net raise domestic productivity. Third, for short time horizons of …

productivity gains for domestic firms. The size of FDI spillovers is economically important, accounting for about 14% of … productivity growth in U.S. firms between 1987 and 1996. In addition, there is some evidence for imports-related spillovers, but it …

In this paper we emphasize the contribution of technical change, broadly defined, towards productivity growth in … excessively focused on physical capital investments determining productivity differentials, which consequently led to an …

Monte Carlo based robustness test is proposed which compares the elasticity of domestic productivity with respect to foreign … larger and explain more of the variation in productivity across countries than if true' bilateral trade patterns are employed …